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Australia's clickerati don their best irony fuelled tees for the 16th Annual AIMIA Awards
Anthill Magazine
Sure, they may have the coordination of an engineering undergrad in O-week and the optical capabilities of Arthur Dent after three Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters, but that didn’t stop Australia’s web ‘clickerati’ partying hard at the 16th annual AIMIA awards.
The 11 Commandments of Corporate Tweeting
The Big Money
Should the company be tweeting? Only if it can live up to these 10 (um, now 11) Commandments.
Google Tests TV Search Service
The Wall Street Journal
"The service, which runs on TV set-top boxes containing Google software, allows users to find shows on the satellite-TV service as well as video from Web sites like Google's YouTube."
What's it Like Being a VC?
Both Sides of the Table
I always start my answer to this question with, “You’d have to be a pretty big baby to complain about being a VC.” That’s true. Here’s why.
Canada's budget lacked innovative ideas
Troy Media Corporation
Canada's performance when it comes to innovation is woefully inadequate. So, how is it any different from Australia?
How to Lose Customers and Alienate People
Inc.
A cinema-chain employee responds with a rude e-mail to a customer complaint, and a Facebook boycott is born.
What Brands Can Learn From AC-DC
ParkYoung.com.au
Let's face it, any brand would kill for AC-DC's longevity, their cross-generational appeal and the fanatical fan base that continues to buy their product year in, year out. So what can brands learn from AC-DC?
Google Responds To Privacy Concerns With Unsettlingly Specific Apology
The Onion
"Whether you're Michael Paulson who lives at 3425 Longview Terrace and makes $86,400 a year, or Jessica Goldblatt from Lynnwood, WA, who already has well-established trust issues, we at Google would just like to say how very, truly sorry we are."
A Look Inside the Life of News Corp. Mogul and Raging Septuagenarian Rupert Murdoch
New York Magazine
Taking on the Times, Google, and, in a sense, his own children, Rupert Murdoch is not going gently into the night.
Hacks and geeks ponder media's 'Humpty Dumpty' moment
Anthill Magazine
"Make it personal," Fulton told me in an interview. "Make it a mixture of what your friends are saying, what the news sources of the world are saying, [and then you can suggest] 'Oh, and here's classified ads that might be of interest to you'.

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